Combined mailing-card and goods-container.



G. H. BLANGHARD. COMBINED MAILING CARD AND GOQDS G 0NTAINER..

APPLICATION FILED 0073.15, 1914.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914 wwwaw M fill qi'fiarney,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. BLANCI-IARD, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 BLANCHARD BROS.,

INC., 0]? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

' Application filed October 15, 1914'. Serial No. 866,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BLANCH- ARD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Combined Mailing- Card and Goods-Container, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is directed to the production of an article of manufacture of the above specified kind-viz: a combined mailing card and goods container-in which the container associated with the card is adapted to hold a lead pencil, penholder or other article of like shape.

The invention consists in the manner of associating the container with the body of the card, and of constructing and assembling its parts so that it may be readily opened and closed to permit access to its contents, as prescribed by postal regulations for containers associated with post cards paying one cent postage for each ounce or less; but so that possibility of easy access to the article in the container is disguised to the ordinary observer, while at the same time the article, held securely in the unopened container is open to inspection through peep holes provided for the purpose, thus discouraging further examination by persons who may handle the card in transit. These objects are realized in the combined mailing card and container illustrated in the accompanying drawing, to which I shall now refer for a of my invention.

I shall first describe the device in its preferred embodiment, as shown in the drawing, and will then point out more particularly in the claims thosefeatures of the same which I believe to be new and of my own invention.

In the drawing-Figure l is a plan of the blank from which the combined mailing card and container is formed. Fig. 2 is a view of the completed article. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 Fig. 2.

The blank is made from card board of suitable texture and quality. It is of suitable dimensions, and has the shape shown better understanding .in Fig. 1, being scored along the lines 1, 2,

3, 4, 5, 6, to facilitate folding. These scored lines define the limits of the body A of the post card; the bottom a and one side flap a of the container, extending along the bottom edge of the card A, the other side of the container being formed by the portion of the body A of the card against which it is folded; the end I) and the end flap Z), by which one end of the container is permanently closed, projecting from one side edge of the mailing card; and the end 0 and end flap or tongue 0, by which the other end of the container is closed, projecting from the other edge of the mailing card, said end flap or tongue 0 being so constructed and associated with other parts of the container as to permit its ready withdrawal whenever access is desired to the contents of the container. The diamond-shaped openings d are peep holes formed for the purpose hereinbefore indicated at suitable points in that portion of the blank which forms the container. From this blank the mail card and container is produced by first folding in over the pencil, penholder or like shaped articletypified in this instance in Figs. 2 and 3 by a lead pencil Pthe end flaps, then turning up the bottom flap a to bring its upper edge flat against the body of the card, and finally securing the parts in place by wire stitching or stapling the flap a to the body of the card, as indicated at f. The staple f at the right hand end of the card passes through the end flap 6 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2) and secures it in place, thus permanently tainer. The other end flap 0 at the other end of the container (also shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2), however, is not thus fastened in place by the staple f at that point. It is of tongue shape of a length to extend inwardly beyond the staple, and of less width than the height of the container, so that it maybe moved up and down in the container; and its upper edge oppositeto the staple is notched or recessed as indicated at 9, so that it escapes being stapled permanently in place, while the tongue is so shaped that that portion of it which extends inwardly beyond the staple 7 projects up above the staple and in between the adjoining side faces of the container. It thus engages thv retainer or retaining staple, in the sense that it is held against accidental displacement, the staple serving as a detent for this purpose, but this engagement is a detachable engagement, because by pressing and drawing on the tongue with a combined downward-outward action, the point of the closing that end of the con-.

tongue will be drawn down below the level of the fastener f so as to disengage it therefrom, and at the same time thetongue will be withdrawn, thus opening the container and allowing free access to its contents. Obviously, the tongue can as readily be returned to its shut position, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this position there is no apparent difference between the closure at either end of the container, and the fact that the tongue flap is withdrawable is thoroughly disguised. Instead of the wire staples 7, any other suitable means for securing together the parts of the container may be employed, and in lieu of the retaining staple which cooperates with the tongue 0, any other suitable form of retainer or detent may be employed. The characteristic of the closure at this end of the container is that the tongue is so formed and arranged that when inserted n place to close the container, as in Fig. 2, its tip will extend beyond and above the detent staple f, which thus retains it in place; and that it is capable, under suitable manipulation, of movement at its free end up and down inthe container sufficient to bring the tip of the tongue above or below the level ofthe detent staple f, according to the direction of movement the normal position of the tongue being that shown ,in Fig. 2, wherein the tip of the tongue is above the level of the detent.

The container itself is of triangular cross section, as indicated in Fig. 3, this being a convenient form of container to receive and hold the kind of article for which the container is designed. I

Having described my invention and the best way now known to me of carrying the same into practical effect, I state in conclusion that I do not limit myself strictly to the structural details before shown and specified in illustration of my invention, since manifestly the same can be varied in a num- 45 the-spirit of the.

her of particulars without departure from invention; but

What, I claim herein as new and desire to-secure by Letters Patent is .1. A combined mailing card and goods container, comprising a mailing card and a.v container integral with, and located along topics of this patent may be obtained for tom and one five centseach, by addressing the Washington, .D. G.

said card, and consisting of a bottom flap, turned over onto the face of the card and fastened thereto to form the bottom and one side of the container; an end flap permanently secured in place to close one end of the container; a detent at the other end of the container; and a clos ure for that endof the container comprising a withdrawable tongue, adapted, when inserted in place, to close said end of the container and to detachably engage said detent, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

2. A combined mailing card and goods container, comprising a mailing card and a container integral with, and located along one edge of, said card, andconsisting of a bottom flap,turned over. onto the face of the card and fastened thereto to form the bottom and one side of the container; an end flap permanently secured in place to close one end of the container; a detent at the other end of the container; a closure for that end of the container comprising a withdrawable tongue, adapted, when inserted in place, to close said end of the container and to detachably engage said detent; and openings in the walls of the container to permit inspection of its contents, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

3. A combined mailing card and goods container comprising a mailing card and a container of substantially triangular crosssection integral with, and extending along one edge of, the card, consisting of a tom flap turned over onto the face of the card and secured thereto to form the botside" of the container, end I), 0, closing the end of the-contamer, flaps extending from said ends into the body of the container and there secured to maintain the ends 6, 0', in closing position, and openings in the walls of the container, to permit inspection of its contents, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature one edge of,

pieces in presence of two witnesses.

Commissioner of Patents, 

